Rodrigues Clark

Former running back at Southern Miss. 2024: 604 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · Southern Miss · Sr.

5′10″ · 200 lb · Starkville, MS

CFB Index 38 · #229 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1114 nationally · Signed with Starkville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Southern Miss. 2024: 604 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Starkville in 2019.
Transferred from Memphis to Southern Miss in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Southern Miss, 2,065 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20196 games

Recruited3-star out of Starkville

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1114 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

4 coaches

2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

2021

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

2024

Reed Stringer

Southern Miss

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, Will Hall, and Reed Stringer. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Memphis12-2HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2020Memphis8-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Memphis6-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #229 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#149 / 442 · 66th pct

8.1%

Yards / carry#279 / 442 · 37th pct

4.9

EPA / carry#375 / 442 · 15th pct

0.01

Success rate#391 / 442 · 12th pct

35.8%

TD rate#416 / 442 · 6th pct

0.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#118 / 335 · 65th pct

124

Rush yards#125 / 335 · 63rd pct

604

Long run#128 / 335 · 61st pct

Receptions#140 / 330 · 55th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#175 / 335 · 46th pct

4.9

Rec yards#230 / 330 · 30th pct

Rush TDs#272 / 335 · 13th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

73rd → 15th percentile

Success rate

29th → 12th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 66th percentile

Yards / carry

73rd → 37th percentile

TD rate

24th → 6th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

123 carries

24%

Stuffed (≤0)

37%

Grind (1–3)

26%

Chunk (4–9)

14%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	68.2	6.7	0.2
Road6g	32.5	2.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	45.7	4.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	55.0	5.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #229 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #229 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Southern Miss	124	604	4.9	1	--
2023	Southern Miss	76	429	5.6	2	--
2021	Memphis	79	387	4.9	4	--
2020	Memphis	136	560	4.1	2	--
2019	Memphis	26	85	3.3	1	--
Career		441	2,065	4.7	10	--

Season	Team
2024	Southern Miss	13	51	3.9	0	--
2023	Southern Miss	3	11	3.7	0	--
2021	Memphis	11	59	5.4	1	--
2020	Memphis	10	50	5.0	0	--
2019	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
Career		37	171	4.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–10

vs SE Louisiana

34 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With B. Lofton — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · T. Rodemaker — 179 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7 · -4 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Texas State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.00Rodrigues Clark run for no gain to the TXST 11
Week 12 · Texas State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Rodrigues Clark run for 27 yds to the TXST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · South Alabama · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Rodrigues Clark run for 28 yds to the USM 48 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Rodrigues Clark run for 54 yds to the USA 11 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UL Monroe · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.43Rodrigues Clark run for 22 yds to the ULM 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · SE Louisiana · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Tate Rodemaker pass complete to Rodrigues Clark for 4 yds to the USM 29 for a 1ST down SE Louisiana Penalty, Personal Foul (KK Reno) to the USM 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Marshall · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Rodrigues Clark run for 20 yds to the USM 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Louisiana · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.25Rodrigues Clark run for 26 yds to the UL 6 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Florida · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.14Rodrigues Clark run for 16 yds to the USF 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Troy · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.11Tate Rodemaker pass complete to Rodrigues Clark for 19 yds to the USM 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Kentucky	6	3	0.5	0	2
Wk 2	W 35-10vs SE Louisiana	13	34	2.6	1	10
Wk 3	L 24-49vs South Florida	15	85	5.7	0	16
Wk 4	L 7-44@ Jacksonville State	15	45	3.0	0	13
Wk 6	L 13-23vs Louisiana	7	61	8.7	0	27
Wk 7	L 21-38@ UL Monroe	10	46	4.6	0	22
Wk 8	L 28-44vs Arkansas State	9	53	5.9	0	24
Wk 9	L 15-32@ James Madison	6	14	2.3	0	6
Wk 11	L 3-37vs Marshall	8	61	7.6	0	20
Wk 12	L 3-58@ Texas State	15	66	4.4	0	27
Wk 13	L 14-35vs South Alabama	12	115	9.6	0	54	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 14	L 20-52@ Troy	8	21	2.6	0	8
Total		124	604	4.8	1	54

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

123Carries

598Yards

27.1%Top-5 share

23.6%Stuffed rate

Just 27.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 23.6% of his carries. 6 carries for 3 yds vs Kentucky; 11 for 109 vs South Alabama.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

6/20Inside-5 share

6 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (30.0%).